> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Toby Thain > Sent: 30 June 2015 14:10 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: DEC Logo > > On 2015-06-30 4:44 AM, simon wrote: > > > > > > On 29-06-15 14:56, Toby Thain wrote: > >> On 2015-06-29 3:54 AM, simon wrote: > >>> the front of the internal bus options maintenance manual in front of me. > >>> But looking at the f in 8/f gives me the impression they mixed some > >>> fonts for the logo and taking a closer look at the line: > >>> > >>> "digital equipment corporation . maynard. massachusetts" > >>> > >>> is proving both of us wrong. the y in maynard is a rounded version, > >>> but both futura and avant garde hve a straight y. > >>> > >>> "...the search continues..." > >> > >> Can you scan the page you're looking at? > >> > > > > tada.wav: https://hack42.nl/mediawiki/images/a/a7/Dec_footer.png > > > > it is also used on the front of the pdp8/f here at our museum. >
If it’s the oldest logo why do Straight Eights have a serifed font... http://dustyoldcomputers.com/pdp8/images-3C8F62C8/R3378-hp.jpg > Right. This isn't Futura or Avant Garde. It's the font Paul K. and I have been > discussing - similar to Chalet but possibly a custom font. > > --Toby > > > > > > simon